A story-driven adventure about you, your dreams, and what you are willing to sacrifice to make them come true. Flee your boring everyday life and venture into a strange fantasy world where you are the hero and savior. Pick up a gun and liberate your dreams. But remember: choices have consequences.
## About This Game
This retro 2D action RPG is inspired by the 16-bit RPGs from the good old
days. It’s both a story-driven narrative game as well as an action shooter.
## Story
You play as John, a modern-day wage slave in a big company, working day after
day in his small cubicle. John’s life is pretty boring. But one day Leto, a
friendly spirit, invites him to leave his boring everyday life behind for a
night and come with her to a better, more exciting world, where John can be a
hero and a savior. Where he can make his dreams come true. Where he can be
what he always wanted to be. Yet John must soon learn that happiness comes
with a cost. And he must decide between his dreams and the life he has already
built for himself. Especially since all of his choices have consequences.
## Gameplay
How We Die is about the story. Great stories are what made the old 16-bit
RPGs so awesome. With How We Die , the focus is on delivering a great
narrative, but in a more modern engine, with real-time dynamic lighting,
weather effects, a nice full audioscape, and a fantastic soundtrack to
accompany your experience. A fast-paced combat system using everything from
swords to modern assault rifles and grenades will challenge you in refreshing
ways. And the choices you make during your adventure determine how it will
end.
## Key Features
* Handcrafted pixel art!
* Not made in any of those fancy build-your-own-RPG applications.
* Fast, action-packed combat
* Dynamic lighting and weather effects
* 16 different weapons to fight with
* Amazing soundtrack with each track tailored to the game
* 4+1 different endings
* It has puppies!
## Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
“How We Die” references a lot of adult topics like suicide, violence and
murder, and contains scenes of graphic violence. Characters use profanities,
and talk about intercourse. During one (optional) part of the game, the player
can take a girl with him to bed, though there is no graphical depiction of
that, it is just implied.
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | 2.0 Ghz CPU | 2.5 Ghz or above |
RAM | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
OS | Windows 7 | Windows 7 |
Graphics Card | Nvidia 7-Series, Radeon R9-Series or above | Nvidia 7-Series, Radeon R9-Series or above |
Direct X | Version 9.0 | Version 10 |
HDD Space | 800 MB available space | 800 MB available space |